GENERAL INFORMATION
• All bulls will be semen evaluated.
• Scrotal measurements and current weights will be available on sale day.
• All bulls will be vet inspected for soundness and are Guaranteed Breeders

craig angus
On behalf of everyone at Craig Angus, we welcome you to the 25th TOP CUT BULL SALE.
Time seems to go by too fast. It seems just like yesterday that Colin and I started selling bulls
right after college at the old Cowtown yard. In 25 years we have seen a lot of changes, but the
one thing that has remained a constant is our dedication to supply our customers with quality
bulls. I take pride in the fact that many of the people who were at our first sale will be in the
crowd for our 25th sale on March 24.

This maybe the best set of bulls we have brought to town. They have never been pushed. Just
enough to reach their genetic potential. They have been culled 5 times form birth to sale day to
ensure they do justice to the name Top Cut Bull Sale. If you need a power bull for your cows, or
a calving easy specialist for your heifers we have a bull that will fit your requirements.
Stop by any time to look at the bulls.

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FORBES angus
Welcome to the 25th Top Cut Bull Sale. It has been my honor to be involved for the last 23 years. In what I
consider that short amount of time there has been a lot of change. The speed of technology has given us such
rapid access to information, data collection, and evaluation. The ability to make good well informed decisions
is as close as our fingertips. Technology can sometimes shows us errors in our trends but also reinforce what
we already know. With these tools at hand we work to produce the most functional bulls we can.

I have on offer this year a large selection of rugged ranch ready two year olds. These bulls are the collection
of a lengthy culling process. It all starts day one with birth weights, my acceptable range falls between 70
and 98lbs. The second culling takes place in the first fall. They are evaluated for weaning weights and any
undesirable traits. Over the first winter I take note of any temperament issues. These bulls are semen tested
as yearlings, small scrotal and poor counts are culled at this stage. As the bulls become long yearlings they are
once again evaluated for frame, growth, and if they are sale-able. The final round happens shortly before the
sale where they will endure second round of semen testing. When they reach this point it is with complete
confidence that I offer them as pasture ready.
My bulls are not raised in a confined corral. They are well fed in a large pasture, walking hills, crashing trees
and drinking from a natural spring. I believe it is a contributing factor that affects there sale conditioning but
makes these bulls more athletic, adaptable and rugged.
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I run a complete herd health program.
My cow herd is completely made up of in house females for over 10 years now.
I purchase my herd sires from only reputable breeders.
Bulls Weaned
Any bulls returning to the ranch, I ask that they are insured and you
are able to accommodate them by mid April.
October 24, 2015
The Bulls will be in the stockyards the day before the sale for viewing. If you
have any questions please get in touch with me.
Colin Forbes

He is a new calving ease sire that came highly recommended from
the Merit Program. Used primarily on heifers, his offspring have been
trouble free. A bull with a showy Angus head, Angus frame and lots of
hair make him a favorite.

Frontier is a consistent, fair tempered bull. His offspring are thick and deep,
with strong Angus character. His mother is on the Canadian Elite list. The
replacements I have retained are strong maternal and classic looking Angus
Females

94Y is a very balanced bull. he is moderate, stylish, and correct. His
mother is on the list of Canadian elite dams. I have retained many
replacement females from this sire. They are feminine, yet establish
growth and frame.

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bear creek ANGUS

My bulls are bred for functionality first and foremost with strict attention paid to feet, udders,
and fertility. There are many tools at a person’s disposal to help one’s breeding program, but for us
nothing surpasses the time-tested method of culling and castrating. I believe in selling bulls I would
use personally, thus we’re very hard on our cows, demanding excellence and strict on the bull calves
retained for the sale. Buy with confidence and in the event of customer dissatisfaction I stand behind
our bulls.

My program remains calving in April and to ensure maturity, retaining the bulls until two-year olds.
As calves, they are wintered on a growing ration then turned out on grass in the middle of April.
They are brought in at the first of December and fed a ration of tub-ground hay, and a mixed grain
bull ration these bulls are forage developed and grown slowly. They will cover the cows and keep their
condition even in the toughest of environments. They are ready to go to work.
Any bulls returning home must be insured and will be delivered by the middle of April.

I’m very proud to offer these bulls and hope everyone will find what they are searching for in their
next sire. Please do not hesitate to call or stop by the ranch to view the bulls and our program. Our
website: www.bearcreekangus.ca also hosts pictures of the sires and many of the dams.
Hopefully we’ll see you at the sale.

Chad, Nikki, and Keira Weiss

Website: www.bearcreekangus.ca
House: 1-306-558-0011
Chad’s Cell: 1-306-662-7060
Email: wick_weiss35@hotmail.com
Directions to ranch: 4 miles south of Piapot
and a 1 ½ miles west.

This is a definite herd sire prospect. If you’re wanting a bull to make you
females you’ll love, look no farther. His mother is a proven performer
with a maternal brother going to Eastondale Angus. Combined with
the female making ability of Consensus, you won’t be disappointed.

A full brother and match to last year’s 32B bull that went to Drowning
Ford. I really like this bull, he has excellent muscling, good hair, an
appealing head, and a great producing mother who looks the part of a
herd sire’s mother.

¾ brother to 32C, his mother is a very nice cow just coming into
maturity. This bull has all the trademarks of a breeding bull, plenty
of crest, an ability to travel, great muscling, along with a useful birth
weight and acceptable performance.

One of the neatest bulls in the sale. A little smaller framed than his
brothers, this bull has style to burn. His mother is a density daughter
and a picture perfect cow. Everyone who has seen her, loves her. This
is a true Angus bull, with a tidy head, stout, well-muscled and travels
like a cat.

Purchased from Eastondale Angus, this bull had one of the tidiest, true
Angus heads and dripped with Angus character. He was stout built
with great muscle pattern across his top with a large crest and desire
to breed every cow he could find.

“Lucky Sevens” was purchased from Merit Cattle because we really
admired the 77X sons and daughters and loved the mother of this bull.
He has done a great job and is one of the true performance bulls in the
industry. They will add pounds and size to your calves as well as any
cross. These bulls truly have explosive growth.

This bull is well put together with tremendous length of spine and
impressive muscling. Probably 16S’s best calf to date and this cow has
raised a lot of bulls for me with maternal brothers going to Hal Topham,
Hay Stock Grazing Coop, and Howard Bock.

One of my favorite luck sevens sons, this bull is wide topped, deep
hipped, a beef bull to the utmost backed by a proven mother who
always gets the job done. Maternal brothers have gone to Wendel
Straub and Brad Vilness.

Don’t let the birth weight scare you away. Used on cows, you will not
have any calving trouble. He was just too damn good to castrate and
his mother is a hard working, smaller framed cow that really puts the
performance in her calves as you can see by this bull. Maternal brothers have went to Travis Armstrong and Brett Bock.

Red carrier. This is the last naturally born 26T calf and he’s a good one. I
really like this bull, his mother is a great producer. If you don’t mind that
he’s a red gene carrier, then he will not disappoint you.

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hawkeye ranching Company Ltd.

HAWKEYE RANCHING COMPANY LTD.
WELCOME,
Bulls Weaned
We would like to welcome everyone to the 25th Annual Top Cut Bull Sale.
October 2, 2016
Our family would like to again thank the fellow contributors for allowing
us to consign to this outstanding reputable sale.
As breeders one of your goals is to improve your offering year after year. We feel that we have done
that with this year’s offering and hope that you will agree. We are still fairly new to the Angus business
but we are pretty aggressive in trying to use the best genetics that we can source. Every sire that we use
is out of a top end cow which should pay dividends to us and
you when it comes time to keep daughters out of these bulls. A
special feature to this year’s sale is the offering of some top cut
open breeding heifers. These heifers are consigned by customers
of this sale and should definitely work for their new owners. This
is something that we hope to continue with into the future.
If you would like to discuss any of our consignments, please feel
free to contact us at any time. We stand behind our cattle so buy
with the up most confidence that these bulls should get the job
done for you.
Leif, Melissa, Emma, Kolt & Manni Brost
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

Annie Brost
November 23,1921 – February 19,2016

Last year we lost someone very close and influential to us.
Gramma Brost had a major influence on our lives and how
we live it. She wanted nothing more than to see her family
succeed. Succeed not in business but in life. I spent quite a
bit of time with her when I was growing up and when I was
first venturing out on my own to carve out my own path in
life. Gramma was always there for you when you needed it
and never wanted anything in return. She was very much a
giver within her community and family. Spending countless
hours volunteering at her church quilting and looking after the
clothing donations that were left for people going through hard
times and the many new Canadians just trying to better their
lives. She always was supportive of them as she could relate
closely to them and the hardships they faced. You never left her
house without something. She was also the “Block Grandma”
after her move to town after the loss of her husband Alfred, in 1976. Together with Grandpa they built
the place at Irvine and were the people that got our family started into the purebred cattle business back
in the sixties. She faced a lot of hardship and loss over her life but just kept going on. She is finally where
she wanted to be, at peace with Grandpa. We miss you lots but we will never forget you.
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International is the $400,000.00 lot 1 bull from the 2013 SAV Sale. He has made
it to the pros and become one of the most highly respected sires in the Angus
breed. He is an ideal beef bull thick, heavy muscled, stout rumped, perfect
footed with power, performance, and superior structure.

These International calves are all full flush brothers out of my 194T donor dam.
Her Harvestor son was our high selling bull in last years sale and she has 8 sons
in this sale. This guy is super stout and deep ribbed.

Lots of muscle, depth, hair, length and bone. This guys is a highlight. Over 35
calves registered out of his dam shows you the consistency of her production.
Big time performance out of a big time cow, a winning combination.

Not only are these flush brothers outstanding, also we have five top full
flush sisters at home as well. One is Kolt’s 4-H show heifer. If you are
looking to add consistency look no further. You won’t go wrong with
any of these brothers.

This guy is two months younger than the other three. He was put into
my March calving recipes. Don’t miss him, he is definitely on the same
growing pattern as his older brothers. This might end up being the best
one of the group by the time it is said and done. He is the youngest bull
in the sale.

The sire of sires! You will be hard pressed to find another bull of any
breed to accomplish what Harvestor has. He leaves tremendous sons
and his daughters bring in top calves as well. His influence will be felt
in the Angus breed for years to come.

Another top prospect here with probably the hardest muscle of the group. Again lots of width, length and hair out of a super cow. In our search
for top Angus cows we came across 8W. She is a phenomenal Mandan daughter that sold for $32,000 to Gen –Com Exports and Nikki Ross and
was crowned Supreme Champion at Expo Boeuf in Victoriaville, Quebec. Take a look at her consistency as well, as she has five sons in the sale.

A good thick easy doing bull that has been used to moderate birth
weights and is an outcross pedigree to most Angus cattle in Canada.
He was also the 2013 Denver Champion as well as the 2012 American
Royal Champion and 2012 NAILLE Champion.

Here is a younger lower birth weight bull that should develop into a
pretty useful type herd sire. He could possibly be used on heifers but
still be able to be used on cows as well, without sacrificing any performance. He is just a middle of March calf but his growth pattern shows
he will measure up to the older ones by the time they all mature out.
His daughters should be good cows with 8W being his dam.

One of the biggest birth to yearling EPD spreads in the breed. He
throws as much length into his cattle as you will find. His offspring
seem to have a really good foot and are really docile. Comes from one
of the highest impact cow families the Angus breed has to offer.

If you want some longevity in your cow herd take a look at this guy. His dam is 14 years old this year and still going strong. It was pretty impressive
to watch her wean off almost a 900 pound calf as a 13 year old last year. She has raised 13 calves in 13 years all which have made the keeper pen. We
are hoping to get a few more years out of her. This guy has a lower birth weight and his dam throws low birth weight however not recommended
for heifers because Tour of Duty can throw weights not recommended for heifers

Another top notch Tour of Duty calf this time out of our donor dam 56U. She was the dam to one of our high sellers last year to Dot Bar Dot. We
also used a son of hers on our purebreds last year and using a full brother to 30D this year on our cows as well We put in over 30 embryos out of
56U this past spring, shows you the confidence we have in her.

Our search for a walking bull led us to Brooking Angus where we were blown away with the length of this bull. He was possibly the longest yearling
bull that I have ever seen. Throw in the fact that he had lots of hair, muscle and a good foot and we were sold. We also liked the fact that his mother
is a tremendous producer with 45 calves registered out of her. He probably has as much growth as any Unanimous calf there has ever been and
it shows with his calves. We unfortunately lost him due to injury but have some tremendous daughters to carry on his traits.

Out of a good first calf Rush Lake daughter and one of the most solid cows on the place. Monty Stokke bought the dams full brother last
spring for $10, 000. You might be able to use this guy on heifers as the
cow family throws low birth weight and his birth weight was 74lbs.

This guy has been the top performing bull in the pen so far. His maternal brother was one of our high sellers last year going to Wade and
Jolene Watson. His mother is one of our top producing cows. This bulls
calves will sure push the scales down.

Everyday this bull seems to just get better and better. He displays a really good wide top and muscling throughout. He weighs up with the
bulls that are a month older. Just a good solid all around rancher bull.
He is exactly what we were hoping his sire would leave us when we
purchased him.

The only son we got out of Chinook the rest were all daughters. Really
impressed with the calving ease, vigor, and growth of this sire group.
This guy should work on heifers. He is a good example of what these
first calf Harvestor daughters can do.

The first daughters of Rush Lake proved their worth bringing in some
top calves the first year they were in production. We have another sold
group of sons in this sale that should do a good job wherever they go.

A bull that is really stamped like his sire. A possible heifer bull candidate as his mother usually throws lower birth weight. His one brother
was used very successfully on heifers by Ross Stafford for a number
of years. His full brother sold to John and Julie Watson last year and
another good brother went to Jeff and Marion Friemark. His dam is one
of our favorites.

TERMS OF SALE: The terms of the sale are cash or cheque, made payable in Canadian funds
immediately after the sale. The right of ownership shall not pass from seller to buyer until settlement
is made. As soon as the animal is sold it becomes the responsibility of the purchaser.
BREEDING GUARANTEE: All cattle are sound and sell with a responsible breeder guarantee of
satisfaction. In the event any bull 14 months of age or over fails to prove a breeder after being used
on cows known to be breeders, within six months of the sale date, may be returned to the seller at
the buyers expense. The seller reserves the privilege of trying to prove that animal a breeder. Full
settlement and satisfaction of all claims is the option of the seller (whether return of the purchase
price or replacement of the animal with one of equal value.) Any animal returned must be free of
disease and in good health.
CATTLE INSPECTION: All carry permanent identity tags corresponding to the sale lot numbers. All
shall be available for inspection prior to the sale.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: All announcements from the auction block will take precedence over the
printed matter in the catalogue. Buyers are therefore cautioned to pay close attention to any
announcements.
DISPUTES: In the case of disputes bidding will be reopened between the parties involved. If no
further bid is made, the buyer will be the person from whom the auctioneer accepted the last bid.
The Auctioneerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision in such matters is final.
LIABILITIES: All people who attend the sale do so at their own risk. The owners, Management and
Sale Staff assume no liability, legal or otherwise, for property loss or any accidents that may occur
on or about the premises.
CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRY: A certificate of registry duly transferred will be Furnished to the buyer
by the breeder for each registered animal after settlement has been made.